Jobs with Justice 
Tue Jul 27, 2010 at 15:31:49 PM EDT
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Hey, New Yorkers! New York Jobs with Justice, our partner and grantee, is campaigning to hold a major corporation and the New York City Industrial Development Agency accountable to New Yorkers. Thomson Reuters Corp., the global media company, wants to amend a 1998 agreement that gave it up to $26 million in tax benefits to construct its building in Times Square. As part of the deal, the company committed to create new jobs for New Yorkers. But the most recent information available shows that it has fallen far short of its job creation benchmarks. Now, Thomson Reuters wants to be able to use what’s left of its $26 million in Times Square-based tax benefits to renovate and redecorate leased offices elsewhere in Manhattan. The New York City Industrial Development Agency will consider the request at a July 29 public hearing. Amidst a crippling fiscal crisis, media behemoth Thomson Reuters is asking New York City for millions of dollars in tax giveaways to finance renovation of its corporate offices. The company is slashing pay and benefits for union workers and outsourcing hundreds of local jobs to Bangalore. Now it wants to divert millions of dollars intended to spur local job creation to pay for new furniture for its top executives
Sign their petition to let Mayor Bloomberg and City Council know that companies that don't make good on their commitments to New Yorkers should not benefit from taxpayer dollars.
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Tue Jun 17, 2008 at 09:40:04 AM EDT
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(thank you Ben for the update. - promoted by Mik Moore)
Over hundred people rallied outside the Department of Justice on Wednesday in support of Indian guest workers who were trafficked to the Gulf Coast, endured abusive employment practices, and now face deportation. Human rights advocates, labor organizers, and members of the faith community (including me) came together to call for justice for the workers. Progressive champions Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Nickel and Dimed, also spoke passionately in the workers' defense.
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